Fun looks for the upcoming holidays

Beauty tutorials for holidays.   The beauty gurus are sharing the aspirational make-up know-how. Watch how to transform yourself  into the belle of the ball. The holiday makeup from Chanel is described in detail by Lisa Eldridge, one of the most highly regarded make-up artists on the international beauty and fashion circuits. Lisa Eldridge creates a … Read more

The Personal Collection of Elsa Schiaparelli at Christie’s

Designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s designs and decor head to Christie’s The Schiaparelli luxury fashion house’s upcoming haute couture collection is set to hit the runway in Paris in January 2014. Meanwhile, Christie’s Paris is organising a groundbreaking sale of designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s wardrobe and decor. The famous 20th century couturier’s personal collections will go under hummer … Read more

Opium L’Objet Rare in pure gold

Manuela Paul-Cavallier’s gold leafed bottle for Opium fragrance.   Paying homage to China and Eastern exoticism, Yves Saint Laurent luxury house unveiled a very limited gold leafed bottle for Christmas Opium fragrance. The precious perfume bottles were covered in pure gold by gilding artist Manuela Paul-Cavallier. Yves Saint Laurent has produced just 50 numbered bottles … Read more

Saint Laurent Dance: Hedi Slimane’s first film for Saint Laurent

Saint Laurent classic ballerine shoes has been reinvented. Hedi Slimane, the creative director at the house of Saint Laurent (formerly Yves Saint Laurent), shot his first minute and a half long clip starring the luxury house’s newly redesigned shoes. The designer and photographer move behind the movie camera in New York for a video piece … Read more

Armani’s Milan theatre opened to emerging Italian designers

Two weeks after Giorgio Armani announced his decision not to join the Italian National Chamber of Fashion, Giorgio Armani announced its support for the Italy’s emerging designers. Each season Armani/Teatro in Milan will be opened for a young designer. The first talent to use Armani show space on Via Bergognone 59 is Andrea Pompilio, a … Read more

From the splendours of the East – Yves Saint Laurent Oriental

Noses Alberto Morillas, Julie Massé and Dominique Ropion for Yves Saint Laurent Oriental The Orient-inspired and Arab-styled fragrance trend was translated by Yves Saint Laurent into a new trio collection of perfumes based on rose, leather, white flowers, the irreplaceable oud wood, violet leaves and pink pepper. Celebrating the mysteries and refinement of a land … Read more